| rustyrelics | -- 12-10-2013 @ 10:48 PM |
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I am trying to figure out the difference between a Cabriolet and Coupe seat frame??? One source has the bottom frae narrower than a coupe. I can understand the top, but bottom frame width sems like it should be the same??? I need a seat frame or one to copy....HELP.....thanks
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| drkbp | -- 12-14-2013 @ 7:49 PM |
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rusty, '35-'36 3-window coupe door opening is the same as a '35-'36 Cabriolet. You can hang a Cabriolet door in a 3-window coupe body. The seat will also fit both. I was waiting to see if a '34 would answer your post first. Since no one answered.... I would imagine the 3-window coupe '33-'34 seat will fit the cabriolet also. The cabriolet doors for those years are a "short" outside door skin rolled over on both ends and leaded by the factory. I have a '32 Cabriolet passenger door and it's the same way. It is one of the reasons that Cabriolet doors crack in the corners front and back where the window openings start. I don't know if the 5-window coupe seat back raises up or not. Maybe someone can tell us but it would seem that the bottom pan would be the same for both. Ken in Texas
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| juergen | -- 12-15-2013 @ 1:35 PM |
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www.fordwoodart.com lists different part numbers for the 33/34 wooden sides and bottoms for the coupes and convertibles and the same numbers for 35/36s. www.LebaronBonney.com does the same for the 33/34. For the 35s the coupe and convertible seat frames have the same numbers but have different numbers for the backs for 36s. When I did my 33/34 cabriolet, I bought a complete set from LB. It was too wide at the top and would not let the seat slide back into the package tray. So I just angled in the sides of the back seat frame (I think about a 1/4 inch at the top; nothing at the bottom) and all was well. Incidently I liked the quality of woodart better.
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| David J | -- 01-31-2014 @ 1:14 PM |
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Curious , I assume you were talking about the wood part ? If you were talking about the metal pan it is definitely different cab - coupe . Sorry about responding to an old thread but it is new to me . FWIW I have both types of pans . I also bought my wood stuff from WoodArt on the Cabriolet . Brads woodshop in WA also does a good job . Bought all the roadster stuff from him and am satisfied .
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